Meredith-4
County: Belknap
Town: Meredith
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Source: Overwintered colony
Queen: 7/1/2023
Hive Name: Meredith-4
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Hive details:
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- 10 Frame Langstroth
- Stack: Slatted Rack, Deep, Deep, 2" shim,
- NO inner Cover
- Feeding Shim has hardware cloth on the inside of the shim so there isn't a gap.
- Colony faces south-east
- Winterization:
Outer Cover: Telescoping
Bottom Board: closed
Top Insulation: 4" polystyrene
Moisture System: None
Wrap: 2" Polystyrene with tarp loosely wrapped around it, sistered next to another colony
Upper Entrance : No
Lower Entrance : 1.5" x 3/8"
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Notes:
- 11/25/23: winterized colony
-1/25/24 @~2:30-3pm : checked colony - all buzzing,
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4/23/2024- 4 frames eggs/larva 5 frames capped brood, 12 frames bees, 5 frames honey in top box.
Moisture/mold on two outter frames in bottom box (1,2)
**had slatted rack all winter
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Live Stream
There are 1 sensor in the colony:
- Temp & Humidity : above upper broodbox -
"Outside" (pink line) is not from a sensor. It data pulled by broodminder from a weather data site